(TL/N: Ziyue is Purple Moon Ancestor.)
However, it did not take long for them to realize the other party's intention.
They looked at Luo Fan not far away, who remained unmoved, continuously solving the game without the slightest pause.
They understood that the Universe Master who had just self-destructed had most likely done so to kill Luo Fan.
Even delaying him for a moment would have been worth it.
Self-destruction not only had tremendous power, but it could also be used to evade punishment.
After all, for most experts, even their self-created secret techniques were not as powerful as self-destruction.
Moreover, Qing Qiong had just stated that if anyone acted again, their true body would be annihilated as well.
So self-destruction seemed like a way to escape punishment.
Unfortunately, they had underestimated Qing Qiong's methods.
In front of him, even self-destruction was a luxury.
They had all witnessed what happened just now.
And news had already spread from outside the Eternal Ancient City.
The Universe Master who self-destructed had his true body destroyed as well.
If it had been a Venerable or an Immortal being, they could have been revived.
But for a Universe Master, death meant permanent death.
After that, no one dared to make a move.
Not only would it fail to achieve anything, but it would also result in complete annihilation, including their true body.
Who would dare act under such conditions?
Everyone could only watch as Luo Fan continued solving the game.
However, at this moment, someone suddenly thought of something.
"Wait, there are two trials this time!"
"That means although the human Hunyuan Lord can take the best inheritance…"
"We still have a chance to obtain the other inheritance!"
As soon as this was said, everyone immediately reacted.
That was right.
There were two trials this time.
It was not limited to just one.
Although the strongest inheritance, the one Qing Qiong referred to as belonging to his king, would likely go to the human Hunyuan Lord,
there was still Qing Qiong's own inheritance.
Even if they could not compete with Luo Fan for the strongest inheritance, they could aim for the Star Abyss Sect's inheritance.
Thinking of this, a glimmer of hope rose in their hearts once more.
Luo Fan's solving speed was indeed far too fast.
It filled them with despair.
They could not even muster the courage to compete with him.
But when it came to competing with others, they felt they still had a chance.
If they did not dare compete with the human Hunyuan Lord, could they not compete with other experts of the Universe Sea?
They stopped watching Luo Fan and returned to studying the first 123 rounds, trying to uncover the rules of the Rhinoceros Emperor Game.
…
Soon, time passed, and a day went by in reality.
For these Universe Masters, they had already spent decades comprehending the Rhinoceros Emperor Game.
Their true bodies were all in places with accelerated time flow.
On this day, Qing Qiong, who had previously disappeared, reappeared before everyone.
There was a trace of amazement in his eyes as he looked at Luo Fan.
"Among you, someone has already reached the first stage."
"I am quite surprised. I did not expect such a genius to appear in your Universe Sea."
"Human Hunyuan Lord, you have solved 1,000 rounds and reached the first stage."
"I hope you continue working hard and strive to reach the fifth stage as soon as possible."
Qing Qiong spoke with a hint of emotion as he looked at Luo Fan.
At the same time, a transparent white barrier appeared around Luo Fan, enveloping him.
Not only that, several small stone pillars appeared before him. Like the others, they also contained Rhinoceros Emperor Game puzzles.
However, having them here made it more convenient for Luo Fan to observe.
At the same time, the white barrier shielded him from external disturbances.
Luo Fan simply nodded and continued solving the game.
As the Rhinoceros Emperor Game progressed, its difficulty increased.
In the original story, Luo Feng took five hundred years to reach one thousand rounds.
With time acceleration, that amounted to five million years.
As for Luo Fan, it took him only around two hundred thousand years.
This speed was truly terrifying.
Without hesitation, he directly claimed the reward.
In an instant, his comprehension increased by more than five billion.
Without delay, he created another task.
[Task: Reach the second stage of the Rhinoceros Emperor Game. Reward: Increase comprehension by thirty percent]
This time, the reward was a thirty percent increase in comprehension.
Luo Fan was slightly surprised.
However, he quickly immersed himself in the Rhinoceros Emperor Game again.
As he solved more and more rounds, he began to discover its enjoyment.
It was like solving advanced mathematical problems.
If one did not understand them, they felt impossibly difficult.
Just looking at them could make one sleepy.
But once solved,
the sense of achievement in that instant was immense.
The same was true for the Rhinoceros Emperor Game.
Even children could solve the early rounds.
So almost anyone could experience its enjoyment.
As it progressed, the difficulty increased, but so did the satisfaction of solving it.
At this moment, Luo Fan had begun to genuinely enjoy this game.
And it could also improve his comprehension.
He discovered that his comprehension had slightly increased during this period.
Although the increase was small, it was clearly visible on his system panel.
"Small" was only relative to Luo Fan.
He had still gained hundreds of thousands in comprehension.
If this continued, and his clones occasionally participated as well, his comprehension might continue to grow indefinitely.
While Luo Fan was immersed in the game, the surrounding Universe Masters were once again in an uproar.
When Qing Qiong announced that someone had reached the first stage, they all looked toward Luo Fan.
They knew that only he could achieve such a result in such a short time.
They had already grown numb to it.
Their goal was no longer Luo Fan, but the other experts of the Universe Sea.
After all, even if they could not obtain the Wu Kingdom inheritance, there was still the Star Abyss Sect inheritance.
So most of them only glanced at the barrier around Luo Fan before continuing to solve the game.
However, some Universe Masters suddenly realized something.
First stage?
One thousand rounds?
They had not paid attention to how many rounds were required to reach the first stage.
After all, many of them had not even figured out the rules yet.
But Universe Masters possessed extremely powerful memory.
They still remembered what Qing Qiong had said earlier.
For Immortal beings, it was five hundred rounds.
For Universe Masters, it was one thousand five hundred rounds.
Very quickly, they realized something was wrong.
For the human Hunyuan Lord, reaching the first stage should have required one thousand five hundred rounds.
But he had only solved one thousand rounds.
Could he be cheating?
Or had Qing Qiong lowered the requirements because of his speed?
Or…
The human Hunyuan Lord was only a Venerable.
That seemed to be the only possibility.
After all, Qing Qiong was selecting a successor. How could he lower the standards?
He had even said earlier that he would rather accept no one than reduce the requirements.
Which meant that the human Hunyuan Lord, who possessed strength comparable to a fourth-tier Universe Master, was actually only a Venerable.
Once again, everyone was shocked.
The human Hunyuan Lord was only a Venerable.
Yet he already possessed fourth-tier Universe Master strength.
If he broke through to become a Universe Master, with his divine power increasing a hundredfold, what level would he reach?
Putting everything else aside, those clones alone would each possess nearly fourth-tier strength.
What did it mean to have a million fourth-tier Universe Masters?
And as Hunyuan Lord created even more powerful secret techniques,
would those clones not each reach fifth-tier Universe Master strength?
A million fifth-tier Universe Masters, how could anyone contend with that?
Thinking further, if Luo Fan obtained the inheritance, he might truly achieve such power.
The mere thought sent chills through everyone.
Yet what made them despair was that they had no way to stop it.
However, some were even more desperate than them.
Those were the forces within the Original Universe.
The forces of the Universe Sea had no direct conflict with the human race.
But the forces within the Original Universe had territories bordering the humans.
The Star Beasts were fine, as they did not require territory.
The Ancestral God Sect also had a good relationship with Luo Fan and did not need territory.
But other forces were different.
They needed territory.
And some of them had previously offended the human race.
Thinking of this, the Universe Masters of those forces began to feel fear.
Luo Fan was already this terrifying now. What if he obtained the inheritance and broke through?
He already possessed fourth-tier strength.
After becoming a Universe Master, would he not reach sixth-tier strength?
And this would be without relying on supreme treasures.
The thought was unimaginable.
A Universe Master without supreme treasures possessing sixth-tier strength.
If that was possible, could he even reach seventh-tier?
It seemed not impossible.
As long as Luo Fan created a peak fusion secret technique for fifth-tier Universe Masters.
As for whether he could create such a technique, no one doubted it.
At this moment, many forces were already considering how to improve relations with the human race.
They did not need territory in the Original Universe, and some could not even enter it.
As for the Universe Sea, there were countless dangerous lands that the human race could never fully explore.
So in reality, there was little conflict of interest between them and the human race.
They could completely choose to ally with the humans.
The former Primal Ancestor, no matter how powerful, was only one individual.
If someone hid in a dangerous region, he could not track them down.
But Luo Fan was different.
With a million Universe Master clones, he could truly hunt them down.
So they believed it was better to be on good terms with the human race.
As for Luo Fan, he paid no attention to external matters.
He focused solely on solving the game.
Meanwhile, his Original Universe clone continuously comprehended laws, created life, refined secret techniques, and studied genetic diagrams.
However, because the Original Universe clone could not accelerate time on its own, progress was slow.
Even though researching genetic diagrams was easy for that clone,
time remained the limiting factor.
Accelerating time around the Original Universe clone to ten thousand times was something even Luo Fan could not sustain due to the enormous consumption.
Even if all experts in the Universe Sea combined their efforts for ten-thousand-fold time acceleration, it would still consume less than what his clone alone required.
Therefore, Luo Fan's progress in genetic diagram research was not fast.
Even so, he had already completed research up to eight thousand times genetic levels.
In other words, if that clone died and was reborn imperfectly, he could still raise it to eight thousand times genetic level.
Then, by using the Chaos Codex, he could achieve a perfect genetic level.
Thus, in the following period, his true body and two clones continued studying the Rhinoceros Emperor Game.
His Original Universe clone focused on other matters.
…
Soon, several days passed.
Qing Qiong appeared once again before everyone.
This time, even his expression could not remain composed.
Too fast.
Luo Fan's progress was far too fast.
The time limit he had set was three epochs.
Yet in just a few days, Luo Fan had already reached the second stage.
Yes, Luo Fan had solved another one thousand rounds.
He had now reached round 2001.
With a wave of his hand, Qing Qiong created another blue barrier around Luo Fan.
"Congratulations to the human Hunyuan Lord for reaching the second stage."
"I hope you continue your efforts and reach the fifth stage soon."
There was even a trace of excitement in Qing Qiong's eyes.
He was very curious whether Luo Fan could solve the entire Rhinoceros Emperor Game within three epochs.
Those who could reach the fifth stage within three epochs were extremely rare even in the Origin Continent.
If someone could truly achieve that, they would likely have the potential to become a God King.
As for the other experts of the Universe Sea, their reactions to Luo Fan had already become numb.
Some had not even entered the Eternal Ancient City to begin the trial, yet Luo Fan had already reached the second stage.
If not for the existence of another inheritance, they would have told their people not to bother entering at all.
"Is he even human?"
"Even the Primal Ancestor wouldn't have such terrifying comprehension, right?"
"This is ridiculous!"
The experts of the Universe Sea looked at Luo Fan with deep wariness.
Beneath that wariness, there was also fear.
The talent Luo Fan displayed made them lose any confidence in opposing him.
Unless they could destroy his soul, killing him was nearly impossible with so many clones.
And as long as he did not die, they would have to face his endless retaliation.
…
Purple Moon Holy Land.
The Purple Moon Ancestor listened to the report from a Universe Master, his expression extremely grim.
Because he had already transcended reincarnation and entered the Origin Continent, he understood Luo Fan's terror even more clearly.
A Venerable possessing Universe Master strength was nothing unusual.
Such cases were common in the Origin Continent.
Even Universe Masters possessing True God strength was normal.
But this speed of solving the Rhinoceros Emperor Game was absurd.
As a well-known game throughout the Origin Continent, he was very familiar with it.
He himself had played it countless times.
Yet even as a Void True God, his solving speed was not as fast as Luo Fan's.
There were three entire major realms between them.
If Luo Fan continued to grow, he would definitely interfere with his plans.
During this period, he had also investigated information about the Wu Kingdom.
Even he coveted its inheritance, not to mention others.
He was certain that it must contain records about the benefits of seizing control of the Original Universe.
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